caprice
noun
1 caprice
A sudden desire.
synonyms: impulse, whim.
Roget 605:
irresolution,
infirmity of purpose,
indecision;
indetermination,
undetermination†;
unsettlement;
uncertainty
etc.
475;
demur,
suspense;
hesitating
etc.
v.,
hesitation,
hesitancy;
vacillation;
changeableness
etc.
149;
fluctuation;
alternation
etc.
(oscillation)
314;
caprice
etc.
608.
fickleness,
levity,
legerete [Fr.];
pliancy
etc.
(softness)
324;
weakness;
timidity
etc.
860;
cowardice
etc.
862;
half measures.
waverer,
ass between two bundles of hay;
shuttlecock,
butterfly;
wimp;
doughface [U.S.].
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Roget 608:
caprice,
fancy,
humor;
whim,
whimsy,
whimsey†,
whimwham†;
crotchet,
capriccio,
quirk,
freak,
maggot,
fad,
vagary,
prank,
fit,
flimflam,
escapade,
boutade [Fr.],
wild-goose chase;
capriciousness
etc.
adj.;
kink.
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Roget 615a:
absence of motive,
aimlessness;
caprice
etc.
608;
chance
etc.
(absence of design)
621.
Dutch: capriolen, capriool, aandrift, bevlieging, caprice, frats, fratsen, gril, impuls, kunsten, kuren, kuur, luim, luimen, manie, nuk, opwelling ... show more
Polish: kaprys
Moby thesaurus: arbitrariness, bee, boutade, capriccio, capriciousness, carelessness, characteristic, conceit, contrariety, crank, crankiness, crotchet, crotchetiness, divertissement, fancifulness, fancy, fantasia, fantasticality, foible, freak, freakishness, habit, heedlessness, humor, humoresque, humorsomeness, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, inconsistency, maggot, mannerism, medley, megrim, mood, moodiness, motivelessness, notion, peculiarity, perversity, petulance, potpourri, quirkiness, romance, romanza, temper, temperamentalness, thoughtlessness, trait, trick, unthoughtfulness, vagary, vein, whim, whimsicality, whimsicalness, whimsy ... show more.
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